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Spriting Rules!

As this is a spriting event, there are a few rules which apply to all images submitted as to ensure that they can be classified as 'pixel art' along with being in a state that can be adequetely judged:

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1. Entries must not be saved as JPG files.

JPG images are what's known as a 'lossy' format, which sacrifice some detail in the image to lower the file size. This is barely noticable on large images like photos, however the compression techniques don't know what to do when they find pixel art, and cause the destructive effect you can see above. Any submissions that appear to have been saved in JPG and affected by the compression will not be considered valid.

2. Entries must not show signs of automatic resizing (enlargment or shrinking)

Using a drawing program to automatically enlarge or shrink an image causes the pixels to be distorted, either blurring them or casuing the size of each pixel to be irregular and 'jumpy'. Both of these effects make it harder to accurately dicipher pixel art and as such, any entries that show signs of pixels that have been resized and therefore distored by computer will be deemed invalid.

It is preferred that entries are submitted in their original size. If you need to make an image larger, people can use the zoom function in their web browsers, or copy it into a program such as Paint and use the zoom tool from there, without modifying the original image.

3. Entries must be drawn in pixels only

Most drawing software allows the user to draw with both simple pixels and smoother brushes, what are known as 'anti-aliasing' - as seen on the second part of the image.

This is an event for pixel art, as a result submissions must only be drawn in pixels, not using the smooth anti-aliased tools seen above. You can use whatever program or tools to draw with, like lines or shapes as long as they don't cause this effect.

4. You may complete the below competitions in any order you'd like. You may choose to do 1, you may choose to do all 3 of them. You are only eligible to win the overall trophy if you complete all of them.

Original works only. You may use one existing official sprite as a base for this competition, but you may not cut and paste any other official or unofficial art work to alter the original sprite. For example, if you want to add a flame to a Pokemon, you must sprite the flame yourself, not copy and paste from a Rapidash sprite.

No previously-made work. If you created a sprite for a project, you may not use or alter it for the competition.

Example Entry:

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Username:-ty-Contest: #1 - ReposeArtwork:Description:
Jynx has shed herself of her gauche
stage presence, and has found the
courage to pursue her acting and
singing career in the future.

Competition #2 - Item

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Race Against Time

For all of us, we have a 24-hour day, and a 7-day week. During the week of Pokecommunity Get-Together 10, you will have to spend not only your time wisely, but your pixels as well. In this competition, you may only use 24x24 pixels for the image and 7 colors to shade with. Also, you must use the scant amount of resources to convey the theme of "time" in your item sprite.

Original works only. No editing or cutting together existing sprites will be allowed, nor will be using other artists' sprite work in any way.
No previously-made work. If you created a sprite for a project, you may not use or alter it for the competition.

Example Entry:

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Username:-tyContest: #2- ItemArtwork:Description:
This is a Held Item that doubles
the effectiveness of sun and moon
based moves including Synthesis,
Morning Sun, Sunny Day and Moonlight.
The Choker is worn around a pokemon's
neck, and contains the shapes of
a sun and crescent moons.

Competition #3 - Accessories

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Steal the Limelight

Some elements that have brought success to the PC over the last 10 years are friendship, creativity, competition, discussion, and above all, a shared interest in Pokemon. The 10th element on the periodic table, Neon, is a symbol of the vibrancy that has placed the PC into the limelight, shining brighter than any other Pokemon Forum . In this competition, you must make 3 accessories for a Pokemon of your choice using neon colors in order to steal the show .

Original works only. You must select only one official Pokemon sprite as a base. No editing or cutting together from any other existing sprites will be allowed, nor will be using other artists' sprite work in any way.
No previously-made work. If you created a sprite for a project, you may not use or alter it for the competition.

Palette Requirement: You must include these two neon colors in accessories

Lime Green & Hot Pink

Example Entry:

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Username: -ty-Contest: #3 - AccessoriesArtwork:Description:
I created a ball of golden yarn,
a jeweled pendant, and a luxurious
crown. With a bit of Glitz and Glam,
my Skitty is ready to steal the show.

Username: Punnagg
Competition: Eeveelutator
Artwork:
Description: Its a watch given to hold to eeveelutions to increase their stats by a little. It contains all eeveelutions colours i.e. the nos on watch are red for Flareon, hands are blue for Vaporeon, watch is yellow for Jolteon, outline is black for Umbreon, centre is purple for Espeon & the decorations in clock are for Leafeon & Glaceon.

Also, Punnagg, you could just tweak your description to incorporate time so your don't have to re-sprite it.
So, all you have to do is save the file as a PNG and alter the description a bit and you'll be approved

PM or VM either me or Spherical Ice if you have any more questions
Good Luck!

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Username:Retribution
Contest: #2- Item
Artwork:
Description: This held item is a futurist weapon that boosts the power of special-type moves by 10%.

Username: Retribution
Contest: #3 - Accessories
Artwork:
Description:
Featuring a funky Blaziken with his hilariously posh outfit; sporting a spiffy top hat, a funky flashy cane and a "Oh, I say" monocle.
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Wow, the pixel art competition is definitely different to last years. xD I have to admit, I did kinda struggle. xD I also originally had an idea for a weapon that allows every move to be a priority move (that kinda incorporates time xD) at the cost of always enduring recoil damage. XP I wonder if I've given anyone my idea...? xD Anyway, thanks -Ty- and Spherical Ice for hosting btw.

Username: AlexOzzyCakeCompetition: #2Artwork: Description: This item uses the power of stored time to raise the holder's Defence and Special Defence by two stages each for the duration of any two-turn move, with the stat increases disappearing at the beginning of the turn after the move is fully completed. Includes moves such as Solar Beam, Skull Bash, Dig, Fly, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, etc. Does not apply if these moves are shortened to one turn (eg sun speeding up Solar Beam) as no time is being stored.

I intend to enter the other two contests later but right now I'm completely stuck for ideas on them both haha. I spent ages adding accessories to Gardevoir but none of them really fitted the theme so yeah... I'll try those again later in the week :)

Username: AlexOzzyCake
Competition: #2
Artwork:
Description: This item uses the power of stored time to raise the holder's Defence and Special Defence by two stages each for the duration of any two-turn move, with the stat increases disappearing at the beginning of the turn after the move is fully completed. Includes moves such as Solar Beam, Skull Bash, Dig, Fly, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, etc. Does not apply if these moves are shortened to one turn (eg sun speeding up Solar Beam) as no time is being stored.

Approved!

Also, Gardevoir would be a nice choice for the third challenge; good luck on putting it all together

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Username: vaporeon7
Contest: #2- Item
Artwork:
Description:Snacking Nuts
"A bag of nuts from Mistralton City's Airline. Heals 90 HP over 3 turns."
I would have always loved to ride on one of the flights that leave Mistralton City in Unova. I thought that if you ever could, you should get a complementary bag of nuts every time you fly, and that is where my inspiration for this came from. Time comes into the picture with the snacking part. Because you're on a flight, I thought it'd be a gradual healing item because plane flights take a long time.

Username: vaporeon7
Contest: #2- Item
Artwork:
Description:
Snacking Nuts
"A bag of nuts from Mistralton City's Airline. Heals 90 HP over 3 turns."
I would have always loved to ride on one of the flights that leave Mistralton City in Unova. I thought that if you ever could, you should get a complementary bag of nuts every time you fly, and that is where my inspiration for this came from. Time comes into the picture with the snacking part. Because you're on a flight, I thought it'd be a gradual healing item because plane flights take a long time.

Approved!
It's hard to believe there isn't a dispensable healing item that regenerates over a several turns. Cool idea.

Also to everyone else, thanks for the entries.
Remember the themes are open to interpretation.
If you look at "futuristic" in a star-wars kind of way, spriting style change, or by the change in the Pokemon's attire/attitude it doesn't matter. As long as you give a bit of explanation you can really interpret the theme in numerous ways.

Remember to PM either myself or Spherical Ice if you have any questions.
Have Fun!

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Username:Retriution
Contest: #1 - Repose
Artwork:
Description: Well, as you can see the proportions of Pokemon have certainly become more 'realistic'. So yeah, here's a dinosaur-like Charmander. I changed a lot of the proportions, the whole sprite is completely scratch, minus the palette from the B/W Charmander sprite and I made some changed (smaller eyes, larger nostrils, the fire on the tail comes up the tail more, sharper talons and nails on the toes to name just a few.) Also, some people compare Agumon to Charmander. I did kinda make Charmander look A LOT like a Digmon, haha. xD

Username:Retribution
Contest: #1 - Repose
Artwork:
Description: Well, as you can see the proportions of Pokemon have certainly become more 'realistic'. So yeah, here's a dinosaur-like Charmander. I changed a lot of the proportions, the whole sprite is completely scratch, minus the palette from the B/W Charmander sprite and I made some changed (smaller eyes, larger nostrils, the fire on the tail comes up the tail more, sharper talons and nails on the toes to name just a few.)
Also, some people compare Agumon to Charmander. I did kinda make Charmander look A LOT like a Digmon, haha. xD

Approved, nice take on style!

BZW Golem

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Please, don't kill me, I had this crazy idea and just HAD to make it..
I don't believe I can get a good score for this, but I couldn't stop myself for sharing this xD

Username: BZW Golem
Competition: 1
Artwork:
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Description: This is how all the Tepigs will end!

Approved...but you are mean bahaha!

Everyone, please enter more of your sprites; time is running out

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Username: MidnightShine
Competition: #1: Repose
Artwork:
Description: After living with Gastly's for numerous years, Rotom has decided to take a change & try how Gastly's live. After transformation, this is what Rotom came up with. It's damn proud of itself & currently living in this form.

Username: MidnightShine
Competition: #1: Repose
Artwork:
Description: After living with Gastly's for numerous years, Rotom has decided to take a change & try how Gastly's live. After transformation, this is what Rotom came up with. It's damn proud of itself & currently living in this form.

Approved

Nintendork15

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Competition # 1 Repose

Username: Nintendork 15
Sprite:
A repose of bulbasaur, made to look more like the R/B sprite, but in the good ol' B/W Style and colours.

Approved

Thanks for the great entries you two

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Username: PikakittenX
Contest: #1 Repose
Artwork
Description: In the future Eevee's DNA gets unstable causing him to look like this.
All done on my phone because my laptop died when PCX started but that won't stop me from participating! All custom except colors. Sorry if it's to much in the top left my phone can't move it close to the center.

Contest #2

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Username: PikakittenX
Contest: #2 Item
Artwork
Description: The Life Hourglass, it makes the Pokemon's attacks be critical for 4 turns then it faints.

Username: PikakittenX
Contest: #1 Repose
Artwork
Description: In the future Eevee's DNA gets unstable causing him to look like this.
All done on my phone because my laptop died when PCX started but that won't stop me from participating! All custom except colors. Sorry if it's to much in the top left my phone can't move it close to the center.

Contest #2

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Username: PikakittenX
Contest: #2 Item
Artwork
Description: The Life Hourglass, it makes the Pokemon's attacks be critical for 4 turns then it faints.

Contest #3

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Username: PikakittenX
Contest: #3 Accessory
Artwork:

Description: Welcoming the amazing shiny Prince Poochyena with his stylish Neon green cape , Ruby red crown and he's bringing back blue booties!
Thanks for such great times at PokeCommunity for the past couple of years here and the spectacular festivities I don't plan to win but I don't plan to lose either so bring it on PC!

You got em' all done; Great! Approved

Just a reminder, there are about three days left to enter! Keep these great sprites coming

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